Confirming the charges, a Surrey Police spokesman said at the time: "Jonathan King, aged 72 of Bayswater, London has been charged with 18 sexual offences, which occurred between 1970 and 1986 and relate to nine victims.

"Operation Ravine was established in early 2015 following a review by Merseyside Police into the Surrey Police investigation entitled Operation Arundel which launched in 2000.